Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Drug strategy unclear as Mexico pares back new security force

Mexico's President Pena Nieto attends the wake of Vice Admiral Salazar and a naval officer, killed in an ambush, in Mexico City By Gabriel Stargardter and Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's government on Tuesday diluted plans for a new security force to fight drug gangs, as President Enrique Pena Nieto struggles to break with the military-led strategy of his predecessor. Pena Nieto took office in December vowing to take a different tack in Mexico's raging drug war. Former President Felipe Calderon tried to tame drug bosses with a military assault, but it was widely seen as a failure and more than 70,000 people died in drug-related violence. ...








via Health News Headlines - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/drug-strategy-unclear-mexico-pares-back-security-force-003301733.html

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